Sad-iron.



A. E. BRoNsoN, JR. l SAD IRON. APPLIUATION FILED DBO. 12, 1910.

Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

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ADELIBERT E. BRONSON, JR., F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SAID-IRON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 5, i915.

Application filed December l2, 1910. Serial No. 596,757.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ADnLBniri E. BRONSON, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sad-Trons, of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description.

This invention is an improvement in the lrind of sad irons which have a removable heating` core,-the object being to provide a sad iron of this sort, so constructed that the operator may, with the handle part of the device, lift the core from the protecting bottom plate and put it on the stove, and then disconnect the handle from the core, leaving the core to be heated, and may then, with the handle, pick up this core, and, if desired, place it again on the bottom plate and connect all three parts together in operative relation.

The sad iron embodying the invention comprises three principal members, to wit, a handle member, a protecting bottom plate, and a heating core; and the handle member carries connecting devices by means of which it may be connected with or disconnected from the core, or all three parts connected together, as circumstances require; and the invention consists in the combination of these parts as defined by the appended claims.

Tn the drawing, Figure 1 is a central sectional view of the sad iron embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the handle member. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly sectioned, of the device when the handle member is connected with the core only.

ln the drawing A represents the core which is, or may be, a block of cast iron of the required shape; and the lower surface of this block: may be smoothly finished so as to make it capable of use for ironing pur poses. Tn fact when one is practically using one of the described irons, the rough work will generally be done with this uncovered block.

B represents the protecting bottom plate, the lower surface of which is highly finished and is intended to be used generally for producing the ironing or smoothing effect for which the device is provided, especially on fine goods. This bottom plate has preferably an upturned marginal flange b.

D-represents the handle member, which consists essentially of a top plate d and handle d which is Xed thereto. This plate has, preferably, a down-turned marginal flange cl2, and is of such shape that this marginal flange may embrace the core somewhat loosely. Preferably also a thin casing G is fitted over this flanged plate, said casing having a flange g which fits around the flange cl2. There two flanged plates iinprison between them and their flanges a thin layer of air which serves as a heat insulator to minimize the loss of heat in the core block, and to prevent the upper plate and handle from getting uncomfortably hot. The feet Z4 of the handle proper rest upon the plate portion of the casing G, and are secured in place by bolts J.

IAt about the middle of the plate al is a circular depression (Z5, within which a rocker F is mounted on a vertical aXis. As a matter of fact, this rocker is fixed to a shaft f which has its bearings in a downwardly eX- tended boss d and in a hole through the plate member of the casing G. A handle H is fixed to the upper end of this shaft.

Two bolts E, E are connected by vertical pivots with this rocker on opposite sides of its center; and these bolts extend in opposite directions from the rocker toward the ends of the handle member. Near their ends the bolts are turned down, and the down turned portions c pass through slots (Z7 in the plate d. The extreme ends e of these bolts are bent into horizontal position respectively pointing toward the ends of the core. The core has near its ends vertical slots a of such width as to permit the ends e of the bolts to enter them. Near the bottom of these slots holes a are formed through the ends of the core. By turning the handle H of the rocker the bolts may be thrust outward so that their ends will enter these holes. This being done, the handle member and the core will become attached, as shown in Fig. 3. The core may be lifted by the handle member and placed upon the bottom plate B. Then, by turning the handle H still further, the bolts will be moved so that their ends will project through the holes a in the core and beneath shoulders ZJ formed at the ends of the bottom plate. These shoulders are, in the construction shown, formed by little shelves secured horizontally across the points of the flange b of the bottom plate, and in a plane just above the plane of the tops of the bolts.

In order to facilitate the back and forth movement oil the bolts E, E, depressions Z8 are formed in the top surface of the plate D, and rollers K are placed in these depressions below the bolts E, so that said bolts rest and ride upon them.

Having described my invention, I claim:

l. In a sad iron, the combina-tion of a handle member which includes a top plate, an attached handle and a casing over the top plate, said casing having a down-turned marginal flange, a rocher lying between said top plate and casing and pivoted to both on a vertical axis, two locking bolts pivotally connected to said rocker on opposite sides of the pivot and having their ends turned downward and then outward into horizontal position, a core having openings therein in which the horizontal portion of the bolts may coperate, and a bot- .tom plate having shoulders with which the bolts may also cooperate.

Q. In a sad iron, the combination of a handle member comprising essentially a plate and an attached handle, a rocker mounted on said handle member, and two bolts mounted on the handle member and connected with said rocker, with a core having horizontal holes into and through which the ends of said bolts may be moved by said rocker, and a bottom plate having shoulders under which the bolt ends may engage when they are moved through the holes in said core.

3. In a sad iron, the combination of a bottom plate having an upturned marginal ilange, a handle member comprising a handle land an attached plate having a down turned marginal flange which lits within the flange of the -bottom plate, a core adapted to be inclosed by said flanged top and bottom plate, locking bolts mounted upon the handle member plate, a rocker mounted on the latter plate for operating said bolts, the core having holes through which the bolts may pass, and the bottom plate having shoulders under which said bolts may pass when they have been thrown to the limit of their outward movement, and an operating handle iixed to said rocker.

4. In a sad iron, the combination of a handle member which includes a top plate, an attached handle, and a casing over the top plate, said casing having a down turned marginal iiange, a rocker lying between the said top plate and casing and pivoted to both on a vertical axis, two locking bolts pivotally connected with said rocker on opposite sides of its pivot, and having their ends turned downward and then outward into horizontal position, a core having vertical slots near its ends and horizontal holes near the bottoni of said slots, and bottom plate having shoulders which lie in :i plane just over the tops of said holes.

5. In a sad iron, the combination of a handle member which includes a top plate and an attached handle, said plate having in its top surface two depressions, a roller mounted in each depression, a rocker mounted on said handle member, and two bolts connected with the rocker, which bolts extend in opposite directions therefrom and pass over and rest upon said rollers, with a core having horizontal holes into and through which the ends oi said bolts may be moved by said rocker, and a bottom plate having shoulders under which the bolt ends ma7 engage when they are moved through holes in said core.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto a'liix my signature in the presence ol two witnesses.

ADELBERT E. BRONSON, Jn. lVitnesses E. L. TriUnsToN, H. R. SULLivAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, D. C. 

